Kass On Outfit Indictments

John Kass touches on the McCormick Place contract rigging:

• In January, Fratto was sentenced in a federal tax-evasion case. That was his first conviction ever.
  
  On Friday, he pleaded not guilty to the new charge, which involves alleged bid-rigging in contracts at McCormick Place and leverage by the Cleveland mob.
  
  McCormick Place has long been the Outfit's playground. In 1974, the Tribune reported the payroll read like a "who's who of the Chicago crime syndicate."

In the column, he mentions this little tidbit:

• I've heard that last week's new charges are just the beginning of a larger tsunami coming for the Chicago Outfit and its political messenger boys.

"tsunami" might be an understatement. Rumor has it (and we've been getting e-mail about it) there is a wave of indictments coming that is going to touch on a number of city Departments. We only hope it's big enough to swamp the Shortshanks reelection campaign.